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I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
I hope you enjoy your bird, family, and freinds.. :cheers:

Happy T day to all!

Thanks!

Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!

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Yeahhhh, happy thanksgiving. I'd have more thanks if my bike was running.

-has.

Happy Turkey Day to all....hope the weather is nice for those who are able to ride!!!!!!  :cheers:

I object to Thanksgiving.  I also object to Columbus Day but if you all want to celebrate holidays that esstentially celebrate  the subsequent slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people than that is your business.

Well, my Thanksgiving is the celebration of my family getting together and sharing a meal... definitely thankful that we're able to do this, and that we can afford to put turkey on the table and have pumpkin pie for dessert!  :mrgreen:

Holidays mean different things to different people, and we can celebrate what we believe in or not celebrate at all!  :thumb:

Did I mention I have to work????  But I still feel the same about the holiday(s) and everyone have fun with their families.  Oh and watch a lot of foosball.

:o you called football a foosball...that's just wrong

Thats cause foosball's the devil!!!

Quote from: ajgs500I object to Thanksgiving.  I also object to Columbus Day but if you all want to celebrate holidays that esstentially celebrate  the subsequent slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people than that is your business.

It is my favorite holiday.  

And thanksgiving was an idea first thought of by the indians, so I celebrate it to honor them.  I've never celebrated Columbus day.  didn't know you were supposed to.  But remember, the indians gave us turkey, maze, and popcorn.  So that is a lot to be thankful for.  

Personally, I'm thankfurl for whorish Carolina Cheerleaders.

Quote from: ajgs500Did I mention I have to work????  But I still feel the same about the holiday(s) and everyone have fun with their families.  Oh and watch a lot of foosball.

You must be single.

Humm I always thought that that the white man made up Thanksgiving.  Yes the Native Americans gave the white folks maize etc cause they were starving.  Where was that compassion when the white folks sent them blankets covered in various diseases???

Well I am not married but I think it is common knowledge around here that I am not single.

Thankgiving was founded based on the coming together of the first North American settlers and the Native Americans. Unfortunately, we all didn't stay friends and continue the purple group hugs, but the foundation of Thanksgiving was the coming together of the two peoples to celebrate. That's the part I celebrate when I get together with my family.  :cheers:

What is considered the First Thanksgiving was the harvest festival that took place in 1621 when the Separatists at Plimoth Plantation [the 51 surviving passengers of the Mayflower] realized that they had sufficiently bountiful harvest--their first--to reduce the likelihood that the entire settlement would starve to death over the winter.  Corn was their most successful crop, and this was due to the assistance of the Wampanoag, who taught them how to grow it.  They had little success with wheat and barley.

From one of the two documented, first-hand accounts of the 1621 festival:

Quoteour harvest being gotten in, our governour sent foure men on fowling, that so we might after a speciall manner rejoyce together, after we had gathered the fruits of our labours;  they foure in one day killed as much fowle, as with a little helpe beside, served the Company almost a weeke, at which time amongst other Recreations, we exercised our Armes, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and amongst the rest their greatest king Massasoyt, with some ninetie men, whom for three dayes we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five Deere, which they brought to the Plantation and bestowed on our Governour, and upon the Captaine and others.  And although it be not always so plentifull, as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so farre from want, that we often wish you partakers of our plentie.
- Edward Winslow, 1622

Interpret it how you will.  :dunno:

if the native americans are so great then why didnt THEY sail to Europe and give the pilgrims disease covered blankets first. never thought of that now did ya.
-ash

Quote from: ajgs500Yes the Native Americans ...

I think you mean the Wampanoag.  :P
Sorry, I'm not trying to be insensitive.

Well why is anyone giving anyone disease covered blankets???  That is not very thankful!!  Plus the Native American didnt have boats that could travel that far and maybe they were content with their existance?????

Quote from: Badger

Quote from: ajgs500Yes the Native Americans ...

I think you mean the Wampanoag.  :P
Sorry, I'm not trying to be insensitive.

Yes them whatever as much as I dont like it I have to generalize sometimes.

Quote from: ajgs500maybe they were content with their existance?????

Less oppressive leaders, perhaps?

It may be useful (at least in defense of the Thanksgiving holiday) to point out that not all "colonists" originated on the Mayflower.  By all known accounts, the Mayflower survivors had a very good relationship with the existing area residents.  Following the news of the modest success of the settlement at Plymouth, more and more colonists were sent, funded by English companies eager to gain a foothold in the new land of untapped resources.  I suspect that's when trouble started.

this thread is not so happy... :(

Damm.. if "Happy Thanksgiving" starts all this, then I guess Merry Xmass is outta the question!!! :dunno:

yup, santa is a big lazy fat slob who run a sweatshop in north pole

I'm not sure even purple group hugs could bring this one back.  :(

But we can try!!  :cheers:

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :)

Quote from: Scorpio65Damm.. if "Happy Thanksgiving" starts all this, then I guess Merry Xmass is outta the question!!! :dunno:

My supervisor doesnt celebrate x-mas, he says "Its a pagan holiday"

poor kids

Christmas.....

http://www.holidays.net/christmas/story.htm

It is amazing how some people can be so negative, cynical, and brainwashed. It is pretty sad that these same people have to try and inject their negativity into everyone else.  :roll:

Thanksgiving is a time to be appreciate life, be grateful for what you have, and be hopeful for the future. A time to set aside differences and realize we don't have it so bad afterall, and to enjoy what we have. It isn't about slaughter or genocide or diseased blankets or turkeys or ugly hats, lesbian nipples or purple group hugs. :P

It is a time to be thankful for what you have - and I think it is time for some people to realize that.

Having said that, happy thanksgiving everyone.  :thumb:

Mmmm.. Pie....  :mrgreen:

Quote from: PhaedrusThanksgiving is a time to be appreciate life

stop right there...did you just say "life"? hmm...you might want to explain what that is to the group... :lol:

i've seen the thanksgiving grinch...i've seen everything now  :roll:

it's true, christmas nothign to do with christ's birth....but who cares. it's thanksgiving!

have a happy white thanksgiving everyone!

yup, it's snowing hard  :mrgreen:

Exactly what I want is for everyone who can afford a big meal to maybe have just one iota of social consciousness and realize there are many who don't and all of the bloodshed that occurred so that we can enjoy our lives.  

Hopefully the vast majority of people on this board realize that this is soley my opinion and I dont give a flying shaZam! if anyone cares to acknowledge it or not.

And if you are trying to umm not get me to post by scrutinizing my every opinion then you truely don't understand me.  Being educated does not equal being brainwashed.

I am very very thankful for what I have.  And it is a shame that more people in this world do not have what I have.

aj, you've got some badass go f'ck yourself attitude  ;)  :lol:

Ya know to be me I have to.... deal with all of the injustices I have to deal with everyday that most people don't even give a second thought to.....  but on the otherhand if you truely get to know me I am a huge softie..... just ask pastrami..........

but anyway HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

Ok I fixed it but you know what I meant... :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :lol:  :lol:

Quote from: ajgs500but on the otherhand if you truely get to know me I am a huge softly..... just ask pastrami..........

i can only imagine... :?  :mrgreen:

Yeah, those that truly get to know me realize how sweet, soft, and sensitive that I am. I am a big sweetie.

:kiss: <-- me

Yes we know how sensitive you are...... :)  :)  :)  :)  :)  :)  :)  :)

Happy Eat-Too-Much-and-Fight-With-Your-Family-Day.   :mrgreen:  

Lucky for me it's just my sister this year.  The rest of my family is elsewhere.  YAY!!!   :thumb:

You are pretty sensitive yourself  :)

Quote from: PhaedrusYou are pretty sensitive yourself  :)

Especially my.................................................. :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

happy thanksgiving everybody!!

Quote from: ashmanif the native americans are so great then why didnt THEY sail to Europe and give the pilgrims disease covered blankets first. never thought of that now did ya.
-ash

That's one of the funniest things I've ever read... not trying to be insensitive... that just cracked me up... on that note... mmmmm.... pie.... HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!! Hope everyone gets to spend it with their families, unlike me...

I like pie. turkey to eat. yams are good. cranberrys arnt sweet. mashed taters galore, covered in gravey like a whore. family, friends, and k-9 all around, spot waits for something to hit the ground. time for food, time for fun. happy thanksgiving to everyone.

-ash

happy pagan day.   fuckers. i hope you all know that you are celebrating the bastardization of what was once a reason to celebrate.  it's winter fuckers, it's cold and it's going to be that way untill the spring lagers come out in march.  fuckers.  and now I'm off to satan's house to push some overdone dead bird around a plate for a few hours untill the last remaining slivers of my sanity are gone.  f%$king pagans. and don't even start on Christmas I'll be forced to go on another rampage.

This is an outrage  :x

Heppy Thanksgiving to all!

On our menu:
Roasted turkey -stuffed
Yams
Green bean caserole
biscuits
gravy
cranberry sauce
Apple pie
Chocolate cake

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You'll have to excuse Davipu -he is trying to get off his medication.

Quote from: davipuuntill the last remaining slivers of my sanity are gone.

hahhahahahahahhahaha!!! It's not April, ya' fool! Why ya' perpetratin' an April Fool's joke!! We *ALL* know that you haven't had a sliver of sanity in DECADES!!!!  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :nana:  :lol:  :P  :kiss:

Our menu similar, but add tri-tip beef, one turkey is fried & the other is roasted, mashed 'taters & pumpkin pie! :thumb:

Quote from: johnHeppy Thanksgiving to all!

On our menu:
Roasted turkey -stuffed
Yams
Green bean caserole
biscuits
gravy
cranberry sauce
Apple pie
Chocolate cake

:thumb:

You'll have to excuse Davipu -he is trying to get off his medication.

:thumb:

Quote from: johnYou'll have to excuse Davipu -he is trying to get off his medication.

:?

:lol:  :lol:  :lol: And we're all trying to convince him to stay on it!  :lol:

Quote from: davipuhappy pagan day.   fuckers. i hope you all know that you are celebrating the bastardization of what was once a reason to celebrate.  it's winter fuckers, it's cold and it's going to be that way untill the spring lagers come out in march.  fuckers.  and now I'm off to satan's house to push some overdone dead bird around a plate for a few hours untill the last remaining slivers of my sanity are gone.  f%$king pagans. and don't even start on Christmas I'll be forced to go on another rampage.

Expert fisherman for sure  :lol:

I think davipu was being facetious.  :P

I dont think he was he just text'd me roughly the same thing.

hah.. you were dumb enough to give davipu your cell #?!?!? (interrobang!?)

ya he usually doesnt bother me though..... i wont repeat what he messaged me later

Does it involve you being naked & a bowl of jello?

lmfao.. can I have a picture of the bowl of jello?

Quote from: johnDoes it involve you being naked & a bowl of jello?

um i guess it could include a bowl of jello :dunno:  :dunno:  :dunno:  :dunno:  :dunno:

Quote from: NiceGuysFinishLastlmfao.. can I have a picture of the bowl of jello?

I have a picture of that bowl of jello, but it's going to cost you to get the rest of it! :nana:

I don't think the jello really exists. Besides, I've seen better  :P

You're just jealous cuz it's not YOUR jello! :P

No, I'm just a grouch anyways.

Hey Pandy, do you wanna see my gizzard?  :P

Well anyone who lives in the mid-west would know why I should be Thankful this year.
Im thankful that I got to ride my bike on Thanksgiving Day.

Quote from: PhaedrusHey Pandy, do you wanna see my gizzard?  :P

Only if it's YOUR gizzard! :P  :lol: